Pecan Tassies

Ingredients

• 1 (3 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter plus 1 tbsp., softened, divided
• 1 cup White Lily® Enriched Bleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. BLEND cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter. Stir in flour just until blended. Chill about 1 hour.
2. Dough can be made ahead and chilled up to 3 days.
3. HEAT oven to 325°F.
4. SHAPE dough into 24 one-inch balls; press into ungreased 1 1/2-inch muffin cups or tart pans (to make a shallow shell).
5. BEAT egg, brown sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, vanilla and salt.
6. SPRINKLE 1/2 cup chopped pecans over dough in muffin tins. Add egg mixture; sprinkle with remaining pecans.
7. BAKE 20 to 25 minutes or until set. Cool in pans on wire rack.

Nutrition

Serving Size (1/24), Calories 130 (Calories from Fat 80), Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 25mg, Sodium 25mg, Total Carbohydrate 11g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 6g), Protein 1g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 2%.

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.